Chapter 580: Absolute Dominion, The Hope of Heavenly King Zhenwu (I)

Mountain ranges stretched across the vast earth, their rugged peaks reaching hundreds to thousands of meters high. Together, they formed a unique geological landscape—a forest of mountain peaks spanning hundreds of kilometers.

At the center of it was a mountain that had flames erupting along its midsection. Rockets, each over ten meters long and engraved with intricate rune markings, screeched through the air.

From within the forest, an over-250-meter-tall colossal beast bellowed ferociously as the rockets hurtled toward it. It resembled an enraged bear clad in heavy yellow rock armor.

A brilliant yellow light burst out of the creature, forming a thick energy barrier that seemed as solid as the earth itself over a 500-meter radius.

Soon, hundreds of powerful rockets hit the beast, engulfing it in massive explosions. As the fiery aftermath illuminated the night sky, the shockwaves sent violent tremors through the ground and whipped up fierce winds.

The devastating bombardment shook the domain surrounding the demonized colossal beast, eventually shattering it.

As the earth quaked, the smoke and dust at the center of the fiery chaos dispersed. Soon, the colossal beast came into view. The attack had shattered some of its rocky scales, but it was still exuding an aura of terror.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The beast charged toward the rocket launch site with a thunderous momentum, smashing mountain peaks into rubble with each step.

"Stop that beast!"

"Reload the rocket launchers!"

"Crank up the energy shields to their maximum output!"

"Hold on! Reinforcements are almost here!"

Amid the shouts, hundreds of rockets once again screeched through the sky and hit the rocky giant, the resulting explosions shattering even nearby peaks.

"Stop right there!"

Boom!

Three streaks of sword qi, each over a hundred meters long, sliced through the air. The sword light merged into one and struck the beast’s domain, tearing it apart momentarily before the creature ripped it to pieces with its claws.

Roar!

The beast let out a furious roar, uprooting a mountain that was over 700 meters tall. In the distance, three late-stage Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivators watched the battle unfold with dynamic expressions.

Elsewhere, a young man in his early twenties enveloped himself in a Ninth Heavenly Realm aura as he engaged a True Purgatory Demon in combat. Each exchange between them unleashed an earth-shaking force.

In another area tens of kilometers away, Li Daoyi’s fifty-meter-tall Thunder Prison form loomed over the land. Surrounded by purple and black lightning, he unleashed power equal to the peak of the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Wielding thunderbolts, he summoned devastating lightning strikes from the sky, suppressing two middle-stage and late-stage Eighth Demonic Mark demons with overwhelming might.

This was a specialized invasion squad, consisting of a middle-stage level 9 colossal beast and led by a beginning-stage Ninth Demonic Mark demon. Their mission was to destroy key artillery positions supporting the frontlines.

Before Li Daoyi’s squad intercepted them, the invaders had already demolished a rocket artillery base and annihilated an elite squad of Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivators.

Such was the danger of the frontlines—even powerful Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivators frequently fell in battle.

On the head of the level 9 colossal beast, a hunched, emaciated demon wielding a bone staff ignored the three nearby Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivators. With a cruel expression, it gazed at the distant artillery base.

"Kill all the humans!" the demon commanded.

The colossal beast beneath it roared ferociously. A dazzling yellow light gathered in its maw, forming and shooting a devastating beam toward the artillery base several kilometers away.

Boom!

The yellow beam exploded in the air, lighting up the night sky.

Within its brilliance, Chen Chu stood tall in black-and-red battle armor. He extended his left hand slightly, shielding himself.

As the violent, destructive energy surged toward him, a four-layered crystalline barrier appeared a few meters in front of him, blocking the mountain-piercing beam.

Fused with the divine ability Absolute Barrier, the four-layered defense was utterly unbreakable.

The colossal beast roared in anger once more, its yellow glow intensifying as the destructive breath from its maw grew thicker and more powerful. Nevertheless, it still failed to breach the barrier.

The demon atop the beast’s head showed a hint of surprise. Before it could react, however, a brilliant, deep-blue halberd light streaked through the heavens.

Boom!

The light—hundreds of meters long and shaped like a crescent moon—tore through the beast's breath like a laser and shattered its domain.

Boom!

The True Lightning Slash cleaved the colossal beast in two and obliterated the demon riding it.

The earth past the beast split open, leaving a rift over a kilometer long. Mountains collapsed, the ground trembled, and dust surged into the sky, creating a scene of utter devastation.

"So powerful!" The soldiers stationed at the rocket launcher base watched the figure standing high in the sky, their faces filled with awe and excitement.

Their allies were unbelievably strong.

Boom!

Chen Chu transformed into a streak of violet-and-gold lightning. After a few moments, he reappeared above two Ninth Heavenly Realm experts. The two were engaged in a frenzied battle, their figures weaving through the mountain range below.

Startled, the Purgatory Demon that was fighting the human genius felt an overwhelming sense of impending doom.

"Tenfold Demonic Domain!" the Ninth Demonic Mark Purgatory Demon roared furiously.

The nine demonic marks on its body disintegrated into countless demonic rune chains, which then spread over a thousand meters and formed a deathly domain.

Within the domain, massive spears resembling black demonic pillars shot skyward, each hundreds of meters long. They blotted out the sky as they closed in on Chen Chu.

Boom!

A single halberd strike, radiating violet-and-gold brilliance, tore through the heavens and the earth as if the sky itself had been cleaved in two. The black demonic spears were instantly shattered.

"How is this possible?!"

Amidst the collapsing ground, the Purgatory Demon, which had been planning to flee, roared in shock and fury. Dark light surged on the spear in its hand as it conjured endless demonic qi in an attempt to block the strike.

Boom!

The ground erupted across a thousand-meter radius. Debris and soil surged like a tidal wave, forming a blast ring several hundred meters high.

At the center of the explosion lay a crater several hundred meters wide and over a hundred meters deep. At its heart, the ten-meter-tall Purgatory Demon, once clad in menacing black armor, had been reduced to half a mangled skull and a broken spear.

"It’s him!"

Zhang Bailin stared at the human hovering in the sky with awe and admiration. The man had a halberd in hand and was surrounded by blue-and-black thunderbolts and golden flames.

No wonder he has earned the recognition of a heavenly king and is hailed as a beginning-stage Ninth Heavenly monster that can rival a king.

After effortlessly annihilating the Ninth Demonic Mark Purgatory Demon, Chen Chu nodded slightly at the Ninth Heavenly Realm genius. He flickered out of view and shot toward the final battlefield.

In the distance, thunderous explosions echoed as lightning roared and demonic qi surged to the heavens.

When Chen Chu appeared as a streak of violet-and-gold light in the sky, the two Eighth Demonic Mark Purgatory Demons locked in combat with Li Daoyi turned pale.

Looking down at the fierce battle below, Chen Chu calmly asked, "Need a hand, Brother Li?"

"No need. I am an Innate Awakener, after all. Watch me take them down."

Shrouded in thunderbolts, Li Daoyi let out a warcry as he unleashed a burst of black-purple lightning, covering half the forested mountains.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The attack disintegrated trees and turned rocks to ashes.

Now surrounded by a massive, hundred-meter-long lightning dragon, the demons’ expressions changed drastically.

The lightning dragon, which was formed from two Innate Thunderbolts, unleashed a destructive power that was close to the peak of the Eighth Heavenly Realm. It pierced the demons without much resistance.

The attack pierced and incinerated the Purgatory Demons into ashes without much resistance. It then circled in the sky, roaring triumphantly, before finally transforming back into Li Daoyi.

Standing proudly in mid-air, Li Daoyi relaxed as arcs of lightning danced around him. "Just two Eighth Demonic Mark Purgatory Demons—nothing worth mentioning."

At that moment, Zhang Bailin flew over. "Daoyi, he’s already gone."

Gone?

Glancing around, Li Daoyi realized that Chen Chu had left long ago. Awkwardly, he cleared his throat. "He didn’t even say goodbye."

High in the skies, Chen Chu streaked through the air as a violet-gold blur. From his smartwatch, Waling issued a report.

[Chen Chu, an energy sensor just detected an elite squad of Dark Demons approximately 1,900 kilometers southeast from your location, on the other side of the mountain range.]

[They have exceptionally high concealment capabilities. Based on their movement trajectory, their target appears to be the energy fighter jet base located at coordinates D-6217, over 6,000 kilometers beyond the front line.]

Boom!

A deafening sonic boom erupted as Chen Chu’s speed surged more than tenfold. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the night, crossing dozens of kilometers in an instant.